Shuttle ball

ABSTRACT

A strip is threaded through holes in a plurality of circular discs arranged into a stack. A plurality of feathers are also disposed in the holes, and extend out the top of the stack, and are attached to the strip by a rubber band. The resultant article can be used as a shuttleball.

United States Patent 1 1 [111 3,901,509

Liong Aug. 26, 1975 [5 1 SHU'ITLE BALL 2,613,935 10/1952 Richards273/106 A 2,911,219 ll 1959 A k 273 106 [76] Inventor: Henry Liohg, 300Fourth Ave., 1 r0 lasamy A Redwood City, Calif. 94063 v [22] F1 d A 2619.74 Primary Examiner-Paul E. Shapiro 1 e ug. Y

[21] Appl. No.: 500,458 [57] ABSTRACT [52] US Cl A 273/106 A A strip isthreaded through holes in a plurality of cir- [51] Int Cl 2 I 1 I l i II I i A 67/18 cular discs arranged into a stack. A plurality of feath-[58] Fieid R 106 A ers are also disposed in the holes, and extend outthe n top of the stack, and are attached to the strip by a rub- [56]References Cited her band. The resultant article can be used as a shuttlb 11. UNITED STATES PATENTS e a 2,012,730 8/1935 Reid 273/106 A 2Claims, 10 Drawing Figures PATENTEUAUBZSIBYB 3,901,509

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SHUTTLE BALL SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The invention is directed towardsa new shuttleball to be used in games wherein the players strike theshuttleball with their feet.

A vertical stack of horizontal circular discs is employed. The stackuses a plurality of spacer discs disposed between a base and a top disc.All the discs, with the exception of the base disc, have circular holespunched in their centers. The base disc has two slots punched throughits surfaces, the slots defining two opposed sides of a square centeredon the center of the disc. The base disc and top disc are placed belowand above the stack of spacer discs, respectively, and a strip isthreaded through the slots in the base disc and brought up through theholes in the rest of the discs, with the free ends of the stripextending upwardly above the top disc, in the shape of a U.

A plurality of feathers are disposed between the free ends of the strip,in the central well formed by the holes in the discs. The feathersextend upwardly from the base disc, and out above the top disc, and aresecured to the strip by a cord wrapped around the free ends of the stripin such a manner as to secure the feathers therebetween. The discs mayall be of equal diameter, or may be of different diameters to formnoncylindrical stacks.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In the drawings:

FIG. 1 shows a top view of each top and spacer discs;

FIG. 2 is a view along line 2-2 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the base disc;

FIG. 4 is a view along 44 in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a top view of the strip;

FIG. 6 is an edge view of the strip;

FIGS. 7, 8, 9 and 10 show various stages in the assembly of theinvention. I

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring now to thedrawings, a horizontal leather base disc 10 has a circular periphery andbears two parallel slots which take the form of two opposed sides of asquare centered on the center of the disc. An elongated rectangularstrip 80 of leather is threaded through the slots in the base disc, withthe free ends extending upwardly therefrom, as is shown in FIG. 7 andthe following figures.

Thirty-five like horizontal plastic spacer discs 30 are cut from plasticsheets, and take the shape of the disc shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, withholes 40 in their centers. The diameter of each hole is essentially thesame as the length of a slot 20. The spacer discs are stacked on top ofthe base disc to form a vertical cylinder with a hollow circular well,with the ends of the strip extending above the stack in the well. A topdisc 50 is shaped like a spaced disc and is placed on top of the stack.

Three feathers 60 are disposed in between the ends of the strip, as isshown in FIGS. 9 and 10, and extend into and upwardly out of the centralwell in the stack. A rubber band is looped around the strip and feathersto bind them together. A shuttleball is not formed, and is ready to beused in games of various sorts.

While the invention has been described with detailed reference to thedrawings, the protection sought is to be limited only by the terms ofthe claims which follow.

I claim:

1. A shuttleball, comprising:

a horizontal, circular leather base disc having two spaced slotsdefining two opposed sides of a square centered on the center of thedisc;

a plurality of like horizontal circular spacer discs with diametersequal to the diameter of the base disc, each spacer disc having acentral hole, with all the spacer discs being located in a verticalstack extending upwardly from the base disc;

a horizontal circular leather top disc having the same shape and size asany one of the spacer discs located on top of the stack;

a rectangular strip extending down through the holes in the top andspacer discs, down through one of the slots in the base disc, below thebase disc to the other slot, and up through the other slot and thence upthrough the holes in the spacer and top discs with the ends of the stripextending above the top disc;

a plurality of feathers extending upwardly from the base disc throughthe holes in the other discs and located between the ends of the strip;and

a rubber band wrapped around the feathers and the end of the strip tosecure the feathers, strip and discs together.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein the spacer discs are made from at leastone of the following classes: cardboard, paper and plastic.

1. A shuttleball, comprising: A HORIZONTAL, CIRCULAR LEATHER BASE DISCHAVING TWO SPACED SLOTS DEFINING TWO OPPOSED SIDES OF A SQUARE CENTEREDON THE CENTER OF THE DISC; A PLURALITY OF LIKE HORIZONTAL CIRCULARSPACER DISCS WITH DIAMETERS EQUAL TO THE DIAMETER OF THE BASE DISC, EACHSPACER DISC HAVING A CENTRAL HOLE, WITH ALL THE SPACER DISCS BEINGLOCATED IN A VERTICAL STACK EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE BASE DISC; AHORIZONTAL CIRCULAR LEATHER TOP DISC HAVING THE SAME SHAPE AND SIZE ASANY ONE OF THE SPACER DISCS LOCATED ON TOP OF THE STACK; A RECTANGULARSTRIP EXTENDING DOWN THROUGH THE HOLES IN THE TOP AND SPACER DISCS, DOWNTHROUGH ONE OF THE SLOTS IN THE BASE DISC, BELOW THE BASE DISC TO THEOTHER SLOT, AND UP THROUGH THE OTHER SLOT AND THENCE UP THROUGH THEHOLES IN THE SPACER AND TOP DISCS WITH THE ENDS OF THE STRIP EXTENDINGABOVE THE TOP DISC; A PLURALITY OF FEATHERS EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THEBASE DISC THROUGH THE HOLES IN THE OTHER DISCS AND LOCATED BETWEEN THEENDS OF THE STRIP; AND A RUBBER BAND WRAPPED AROUND THE FEATHERS AND THEEND OF THE STRIP TO SECURE THE FEATHERS, STRIP AND DISCS TOGETHER. 2.The device of claim 1 wherein the spacer discs are made from at leastone of the following classes: cardboard, paper and plastic.